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Dandelos mentions using 'one of the top Cavalier dentists in town'... so that may be a factor in the charge. We've had dentals with many extractions (more than seven or eight) on our two oldest by the regular vets, and the most expensive I think was something over $600. Including pain meds. One might suspect the kind of charge Dandelos saw is 'insurance based'.

Thank you, dandelos, for posting these numbers. I really appreciate your time and labor in doing this.

In the past year, we've had a lot of vet bills and I often wondered if we should have kept the PetPlan insurance. Our Sophie is now ten years old and we're very thankful that none of her health problems are the dreaded SM or CM. In the long run, we probably would have broken even on the money or even spent more on premiums than at the vet, over the past few years since I let the insurance go.

As human health insurance costs are rising, we can expect our pet insurance to increase, too. All their new technology, tests, treatments, and medicines don't come cheap, nor do the insurance claims payouts. The money to pay those claims has to come from somewhere, as my brother-in-law the insurance broker tells me.